Linux find largest file in directory recursively

filesize.sh

# @see https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-find-largest-file-in-directory-recursively-using-find-du/
# Linux find a biggest files in /
sudo du -a /dir/ | sort -n -r | head -n 20
sudo du -a / 2>/dev/null | sort -n -r | head -n 20

# Linux find large files quickly with bash alias
## shell alias ##  
alias ducks='du -cks * | sort -rn | head'
### run it ###
ducks

# Finding largest file recursively on Linux bash shell using find
sudo find / -type f -printf "%s\t%p\n" | sort -n | tail -1
find $HOME -type f -printf '%s %p\n' | sort -nr | head -10

# @see https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/find-large-files-linux
# Search all filesystems for files larger than 100MB. 
sudo find / -type f -size +100M

# Finding the 10 Largest Linux Files on Your Drive
sudo du -aBm / 2>/dev/null | sort -nr | head -n 10